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“The gods were simply those beings that inhabited that space, forces of creation and destruction, love and hatred, nurturing and neglect, light and dark, cold and warm... they opposed one another and complemented one another; they were fundamental truths.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“A free state is a corporate state.”
― Marie Lu

“When someone out there says that I’m not really human—what are they giving themselves permission to do to me?”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Steals the Show

“But how does the existence or nonexistence of the gods affect me? Why does it matter how the universe came to be?"
"Because you're part of it. Because you exist. And unless you want to only ever be a tiny modicum of existence that doesn't understand its relation to the grander web of things, you will explore.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War